Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy will have his next shock back to Saturday to give him an spare day of rest.
Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy will have his next beginning back to Saturday to give him an second day of rest.
Peavy was scheduled to fright on Friday night against San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum in the preamble of a -game succession. But the club unambiguous to give Peavy one additional day of rest succeeding his 127-pitch visit in his last jolt, a 3-1 win at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Padres leader Bud Black said he rod about it with Peavy and pitching teacher Darren Balsley.
They sure “unquestionable since Jake was coming off a basic performance, he could use the day off,” Black said.
Peavy is 8-6 with an ERA of 2.67, additional in the NL coming into Wednesday night’s war. Lincecum, 11-3 with a 2.78 ERA, will now face neophyte Josh Banks (3-4).
The move will push back Greg Maddux (4-8) to Sunday, assuming he is not traded before Thursday’s non-loss commerce cutoff date, and leave Chris Young (4-4) to face the New York Mets on Tuesday.
Maddux a livelihood-high 14-game winless flash on Monday night in an 8-5 win over Arizona. Maddux, who has a full no-public clause, has told Padres customary director Kevin Towers he will only reach agreement to a deal with a West Coast to be close to his home in Las Vegas.
“It’s conceivable,” Black said. “I wouldn’t be surprised either way. If it happens, not many players will be mixed up.”
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Casey Kotchman is overjoyed to be with the Atlanta Braves.
Seriously.
Despite moneymaking from a team that has the best world record in the majors to one that has essentially specified up on this time of year, the Braves’ new principal had no complaints Wednesday about the industry that sent slugger Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angels.
“I’ll be pulling for them over there,” Kotchman said before his initial game in Atlanta. “But I’m really excited to be a Brave now.”
Kotchman took over Teixeira’s locker in the Turner Field and third for the game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Beset by , the Braves have fallen well below .500 and have little hope of in the NL East, which is why they decisive to job Teixeira before he left as a free agent at the end of the season.
“I was excited to come back to the East Coast,” said Kotchman, a autochthonous of St. Petersburg, Fla. “This is closer to home, discernibly, so I’m really excited to be here.”
The 25-year-old Kotchman was hitting .287 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs with the Angels, including a two-run shot that accounted for all the scoring in a 2-0 win over the Braves on June 15.
“I make an apology for that,” he quipped.
While Kotchman doesn’t have Teixeira’s nation, Braves supervisor Bobby Cox was happy with the deal. He knew the team didn’t have really have a select the way gear are successful this period.
“We were really, really lucky to get a guy of this caliber,” Cox said. “It was existing to be unworkable to keep Tex here.”
Even nevertheless Kotchman knows he’ll prospective be watching his earlier team in the playoffs - the Angels have a commanding lead in the AL West - he’s now moved on.
“Pour the whole ball of wax into the current and you won’t have any regrets in the imminent,” he said. “That’s how I was raised.”